The Microcosm: Or, Little World of Home, Volumes 1-3P.B. Whitmore, 1835 |
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... better parents shall apply ourselves to the improvement of those within it ? When we enter our homes , then , what interesting reflections must crowd upon us ! We are coming into the place where we are able to diffuse general joy , and ...
... better parents shall apply ourselves to the improvement of those within it ? When we enter our homes , then , what interesting reflections must crowd upon us ! We are coming into the place where we are able to diffuse general joy , and ...
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... better as they are , than as you would have made them . To indulge a rebellious murmuring , dissatis- fied spirit , is to impugn the wisdom of your Maker . He has blessed the work of His hands and pronounced it " very good . " " Shall a ...
... better as they are , than as you would have made them . To indulge a rebellious murmuring , dissatis- fied spirit , is to impugn the wisdom of your Maker . He has blessed the work of His hands and pronounced it " very good . " " Shall a ...
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... , while the rest of mankind are formed of the common clay . It is the mere bodying forth of the spirit which saith to his brother , " stand by , for I am better than thou . " We would rather a child should be brought up a clown than.
... , while the rest of mankind are formed of the common clay . It is the mere bodying forth of the spirit which saith to his brother , " stand by , for I am better than thou . " We would rather a child should be brought up a clown than.
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... better how to guide their children . The assistance and support of those three attendant graces , " Patience , Love and Hope , " are indispensa- ble at every step of our progress . What is youth and childhood ? - if it was what we ...
... better how to guide their children . The assistance and support of those three attendant graces , " Patience , Love and Hope , " are indispensa- ble at every step of our progress . What is youth and childhood ? - if it was what we ...
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... better taste in their furniture . " - " No , my dear , " he replied ; " I like to see the style exactly as they enjoyed it ; a carpet they trod upon is dear to my recollection ; and the tables , where their hospitality was so frequently ...
... better taste in their furniture . " - " No , my dear , " he replied ; " I like to see the style exactly as they enjoyed it ; a carpet they trod upon is dear to my recollection ; and the tables , where their hospitality was so frequently ...
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Page 173 - She is not afraid of the snow for her household: for all her household are clothed with scarlet. She maketh herself coverings of tapestry; her clothing is silk and purple. Her husband is known in the gates, when he sitteth among the elders of the land.
Page 179 - She was a Phantom of delight When first she gleamed upon my sight; A lovely Apparition sent To be a moment's ornament; Her eyes as stars of Twilight fair; Like Twilight's, too, her dusky hair; But all things else about her drawn From May-time and the cheerful Dawn; A dancing Shape, an Image gay, To haunt, to startle, and waylay.
Page 5 - My heart leaps up when I behold A rainbow in the sky : So was it when my life began ; So is it now I am a man ; So be it when I shall grow old, Or let me die ! " The child is father of the man ; And I could wish my days to be Bound each to each by natural piety.
Page 180 - Sweet records, promises as sweet; A creature not too bright or good For human nature's daily food, For transient sorrows, simple wiles, Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears, and smiles.
Page 174 - She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness. Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her. Many daughters have done virtuously, but thou excellest them all.
Page 174 - My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass : Because I will publish the name of the Lord: ascribe ye greatness unto our God.
Page 62 - With other ministrations thou, O Nature ! Healest thy wandering and distempered child: Thou pourest on him thy soft influences, Thy sunny hues, fair forms, and breathing sweets; Thy melodies of woods, and winds, and waters ! Till he relent, and can no more endure To be a jarring and a dissonant thing Amid this general dance and minstrelsy; But, bursting into tears, wins back his way, His angry spirit healed and harmonized By the benignant touch of love and beauty.
Page 174 - She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of kindness. She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness. Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her.
Page 117 - When, playing with thy vesture's tissued flowers, The violet, the pink, and jessamine, I pricked them into paper with a pin (And thou wast happier than myself the while, Wouldst softly speak, and stroke my head, and smile) ; Could those few pleasant days again appear, Might one wish bring them, would I wish them here?
Page 64 - My days among the Dead are past; Around me I behold, Where'er these casual eyes are cast, The mighty minds of old: My never-failing friends are they, With whom I converse day by day.